[luciepfefferle] Writing Practice Test 308461

The graphic below compares the main three air polluting sectors in China, America, Japan and Australia in 2021. Overall is is visible that China is the most polluting country, with the industry sector being its major contributor. when compared to the other three countries, Australia is, on the other hand, the least contributor in air pollution.

Focusing on China and Japan, both countries do have the same trend in air polluting. For them both, the main sector contributing to the greenhouse effect is the industry, with respectively 80 and just above 40 PPM; we then see the transport contributing by 70 and 30 PPM. The electricity generation is the least polluting sector in both countries, with 60 and 15PPM.

While Australia is pretty constant with a contribution of nearly 20PPM on each sector, America's data shows how much the usage of cars are important to them. In fact, with 60PPM the Trasport sector is the most polluting sector. electricity and Industry are increasing pollution by half as much.

It is interesting to see that, even though the usage of cigarettes has been proven to be very bad for one's health, it is still largely used. In this short essay we will try to enumerate some of the reasons why it is so and how we could try to incite people to quit smoking, though I must admit it is pretty complicated for me as I am not myself a smoker.

As a primary reason, I believe many young people start smoking just because they want to integrate into a group or look interesting. Especially among teenagers, the need of belonging is so high that they would probably do anything just to avoid rejection. It is pretty basic and straightforward that if your friends smoke, you do as well jsut to keep him company and look cool.

As a secondary reason, I can see some people using cigarettes as a stress release agent. When having a bad day at work, for instance, one can use the excuse of having to smoke as a break : afterall that would bring you outside and inhale some fresh air, which could arguably release some tensions and make you relax for several minutes.

Now I guess the big question is how do we reduce smoking in society, and especially among your adolescents. This problem has been tackled in many different ways by the governments and all of those have hopefully planted a seed somewhere in someones mind to never start smoking or to stop someday. In my opinion the most efficient way to reduce smoking it is to educate those young minds from the start about the risks and the consequences of smoking, so that they are never inclined to even try it and then get addicted to it. As for the people who are already addicted to it, probably increasing the price of cigarettes would not do as much as actually helping them quit with group classes, or alternative nicotine replacements.

In conclusion I think the main problem of smoking starts with the younger generation and one must, therefore, concentrate the efforts towards their education.